Articles from June 2008

Rockford, Ill.- Eight members of the 2007-08 Rockford IceHogs team have been invited to the Chicago Blackhawks 2008 Prospects Camp. The week-long event begins Monday, July 7 at Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville.
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Rockford, Ill.- The American Hockey League announced the 2008-09 schedule format for the Rockford IceHogs on Friday during the annual league meetings in Hilton Head, S.C. The ’08-09 campaign will once again feature 80 regular season games, including 40 at home and 40 on the road.

NEW YORK/TORONTO (June 26, 2008) – The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association announced today that the Team Payroll Range established for the 2008-09 League Year, pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, provides for a Lower Limit of $40.7 million, an Adjusted Midpoint of $48.7 million and an Upper Limit of $56.7 million.
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The Chicago Blackhawks announced today the team has named Paul Goodman Strength and Conditioning Coach. Goodman, 33, joins the Blackhawks after serving the past six years as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Vermont, the school’s first coach of its kind.
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The Chicago Blackhawks announced today they have re-signed defenseman Jordan Hendry to a two-year contract and signed free agent defenseman Tim Hambly of the Quad City Flames in the American Hockey League (AHL) to a one-year deal.
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Chicago, Ill.- The Chicago Blackhawks announced on Tuesday that they have re-signed defenseman Jordan Hendry to a two-year contract and signed free agent defenseman Tim Hambly to a one-year deal.
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Rockford, Ill.- Over the summer, icehogs.com will bring you a series of question and answer sessions every couple of weeks with players from the 2007-08 team. Rockford IceHogs winger Kris Versteeg will take a break from his summer training (or maybe his golf game) to chat with you.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The ECHL announced Monday that membership of the Pensacola Ice Pilots has been terminated effective immediately. The Ice Pilots were the 'AA' developmental affiliate of the Rockford IceHogs and Chicago Blackhawks.
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Rockford, Ill.- The Chicago Blackhawks used five of their seven picks in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft to bolster their defensive corps.

The Hawks started with Left Wing Kyle Beach (Everett, WHL | draft profile) as the 11th pick in the draft. Beach recorded 27 goals, 60 points and 222 penalty minutes in 60 games with the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League in 2007-08. Those totals earned the 18-year-old the No. 7 rating among North American skaters in NHL Central Scouting's final rankings.

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today the team selected winger Kyle Beach (6-3, 205) from Everett in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the 11th overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario.
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ROCKFORD, Ill.- Get a chance to check out potential Rockford IceHogs stars of tomorrow in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft this weekend from the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario. The draft will feature 211 picks over seven rounds this weekend. The broadcast on the Versus network begins with a preview show at 6 p.m. Friday. The draft begins an hour later with the first pick going to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Pat Foley is a familiar face with an equally familiar voice, and on Monday, the Chicago Blackhawks welcomed him back to the television broadcast booth. “This is certainly a day I could’ve never expected, but I’m happy it has come,” said Foley. “I’m really looking forward to coming back here to call Blackhawks hockey.”
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Chicago Blackhawks President John McDonough announced today that Pat Foley will return as the team’s television play-by-play broadcaster. “We are thrilled to have Pat Foley back in our organization,” said McDonough. “His voice is synonymous with Blackhawks hockey and it resonates loudly to our entire fan base.” Foley will partner with Eddie Olczyk to broadcast all Blackhawks games, home and away, in HD next season on Comcast SportsNet and WGN Channel 9.
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You’d think Matchbox Twenty’s latest hit would be the best song to quote from, considering we’ve come a long, long way from last October. But the song is mostly about crying and dying and more crying. Granted, these are things I feel like doing when the hockey season comes to an end every year, but I didn’t think it’d be appropriate to quote such lyrics here.
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TORONTO -- Two players from the Chicago Blackhawks, right wing Patrick Kane and center
Jonathan Toews, are among the six players named to the 2007-08 NHL All-Rookie Team. Voting was conducted by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the conclusion of the regular season.
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TORONTO -- Two players from the Chicago Blackhawks, right wing Patrick Kane and center Jonathan Toews, are among the six players named to the 2007-08 NHL All-Rookie Team. Voting was conducted by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the conclusion of the regular season.
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Rockford, Ill.-Rockford Sharefest 2008 is set to get underway and staff members from the Rockford IceHogs and Rockford MetroCentre will participate in the community event. Sharefest is an initiative started by Heartland Community Church in Rockford in 2007, and this year’s event runs from June 14-28.
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Rosemont, Ill.- Jason Krog's four-point night included his second hat trick of the postseason and propelled the Chicago Wolves to the American Hockey League's 2008 Calder Cup championship with a 5-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Allstate Arena on Tuesday night.
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Rockford, Ill.- It’s been nearly a month now since the Rockford IceHogs last took the ice. With the off-season in full swing, icehogs.com is presenting a series of question and answer sessions with players from the 2007-08 season.
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Rockford, Ill.- The Rockford MetroCentre, home of the Rockford IceHogs, continues its $21-million face lift as the second phase of the building’s renovation has begun. The southeast corner of the arena is under-going construction in phase II.
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Rockford, Ill.- A busy summer in the community continues this week for the Rockford IceHogs. The IceHogs, along with the team’s mascot Hammy Hog, will be around the Forest City all weekend.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-The American Hockey League announced on Tuesday that $2.68 million was raised over the course of the 2007-08 season by the AHL and its 29 member clubs for donation to various charitable causes and relief funds across North America.
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For two years, the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation has sponsored a Chicago middle school's hockey and skating lessons. Former IceHogs Cam Barker and Dustin Byfuglien, as well as the Chicago Blackhawks' Rene Bourque, will hand out diplomas at a ceremony Wednesday.
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Rosemont, Ill.- It should come to no surprise to Rockford IceHogs fans that the Chicago Wolves power play continues to carry them through the Calder Cup Playoffs. After Chicago’s 4-2 win in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Wolves are just two wins from their second Calder Cup Championship.
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